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When I set fingers to keyboard and began to write about a little alien girl splashing her feet—no, her peds in a brook, I didn’t have the faintest idea what I was doing. Oh, I knew the mechanics of putting words together; I did that very well and always have. But there were a few …

There are only three parts to a novel. The Beginning, the Middle, and the End. Easy, right? Like playing golf. Hit the ball far and in the direction you want it to go and you’ll do just fine. There are nuances to golf to keep the ball obeying your wishes and there are a mulitude …

I have a confession. For years, every time I started a new manuscript, I was so caught up in giving the reader the characters’ backstories that I couldn’t seem to move forward. It was point critical to me to share the place the characters were coming from, their histories and fears, the things that motivated …